Exhibitions

Ways of Turner: Tracing His Northern Tour by Monika Müller

Brantwood

4 October – 21 December 2025 In 1816, J. M. William Turner travelled through…

Order Out of Chaos: The Beauty of Flowers by Piers Williams

Brantwood

16 August – 31 December 2025 For more than half a century, Piers Williams…


Lady Anne Clifford: Building Attributes

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

9 May – 27 December 2025 Lady Anne Clifford: Building Attributes is a pop…

Portrait Galleries

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

14 February – 31 December 2025 Discover the stories of Abbot Hall’s extraordinary collection…


Simon Starling: Boat Works

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

20 September 2025 – 13 March 2026 Abbot Hall presents Boat Works, a solo…

Blackwell: the Arts & Crafts House

Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House

Blackwell offers a  snapshot of early 20th-century living. Designed by architect Mackay Hugh Baillie…


Abbot Hall Collections

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

Abbot Hall is one of Britain’s preeminent small art galleries, set in a Grade…

Brantwood – The World of John Ruskin

Brantwood

Brantwood offers an insight into the world of John Ruskin and the last 28…


Museum of Lakeland Life Collections & Exhibitions

Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry

The Lakeland Museum is currently closed for redevelopment.     Based in Kendal, close…

Schwitters

Armitt Museum & Library

In the Lake District, landscape and culture are inextricably entwined.  For 200 years, the…


George Romney

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

Permanent Display On display in the Georgian interiors downstairs at Abbot Hall is a…